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Building a boat that can float!
Year 1 have been exploring everyday materials in science. We have been looking at a range of materials and their properties. We found out about which materials floated and which materials sunk. We used this knowledge to build a boat that could float. We tested our...
Making Arrays
Year 1 have learned that a rectangular array is a group of objects that are arranged in equal rows and columns. Our first activity was to spot all the rectangular arrays, then we had to make our own arrays before finally completing a worksheet about arrays. It’s been...
Dangers of smoking
Year 4 have been learning in PSHE about the dangers and risks of smoking, and the benefits of being a non-smoker.
Terrific Tennis 🎾
Year 2 have been learning more skills to support playing tennis. The children have developed their racket skills by practising under arm, forehand and backhand strokes. They also developed their movement back and forwards towards the net. Everyone is looking forward...
Online Safety
The children in Year 6 enjoyed a visit from police officer Steve and contributed excellent ideas to discussions about bullying and staying safe online. All of the children were able to identify how bullying can make people feel and how they can seek help if they are...
Weighing and converting kilograms and grams
In our maths lessons today, we have been learning to weigh objects and to convert kilograms to grams. We started by learning that there are 1,000 grams in 1 kilogram. We used scales and read the intervals carefully to find an an accurate weight of the different...
Developing our handball skills
Year 5 have been working extremely hard in our PE lessons to improve our skills when playing handball. We have really enjoyed working with our coach and have made great progress in our lessons this half term. We have been working on throwing and catching, making space...
Growing in Nursery
Nursery have been very busy this term learning about growing. We started our learning by looking at different foods that grow. Nursery read the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. We talked about the different foods the caterpillar ate and how some of them grow. We...
Amazing Architecture
As the end of their architecture unit in art, Year 4 were asked to design a building that could be built along the Gateshead quayside. They thought of lots of different purposes, including music halls, sports centres, aquariums, bookshops, libraries and even fish and...
Year 4 Class Assembly
Today, Year 4 delivered their class assembly on the effects of WWII on the men, women and children of Britain.They worked very hard to remember their lines and deliver them loudly and clearly, and sang their hearts out for their songs. Thank you to everyone who came...
Virtual Author Visit – Francis Durkin
On Wednesday 1st May, Year 5 enjoyed a virtual visit from historical author Francis Durkin. She gave us a fascinating insight into how she writes her books, from her initial inspiration to the finished product. We were able to ask her questions at the end of her talk...
Year 5 Terracotta Warriors – Sculpture
Year 5 have had great fun learning about the Chinese Terracotta Warriors in Art lessons. We designed and then made our own warriors out of clay, emulating the designs, facial features and body positions. We realised what incredible crafts people must have created the...